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18 MARINE REVIEW. and German harbors are very profuse, but the section 1s worth going over on account of the models of war ships which are to be found there. The Vulcan Works, Stettin, the largest shipbuilding concern in Germany, makes a fair exhibit of war ship models and draw- ings. Among the models is the Spree and one of the Furst Bismarck. The traveler will be interested in the exhibit of Thomas Cook & Son, and this company's models of the Nile steamers will give ship builders some suggestions on light-draft river steamers. : A 15-foot propeller wheel with the complete shaft attached may be seen at the special building of the Krupp Works, in the southern part of the grounds near the entrance to the forestry building. The Arsinal da Marinha, Rio de Janeiro, shows some mod- els of marine engines that are astonishing to those who are not familiar with the work turned out by the Brazilian government. The Russian navy is represented by two battle ship models and a torpedo boat mounted on a midship section of another battle ship. Dry dock owners and managers should examine the graving dock model from Table Bay, Cape Colony, So. Africa. doubt about the integrity of the relic, it may not be worth while to visit the Convent La Rabidain the southern part of the grounds where the anchor is to be found with many other inter- esting things having some connection with the life of Columbus. Rahjen's American Composition Company, 26 Beaver street, New York, N. Y., exhibit a model of a vessel in dock, one-half of which had been coated with their 'composition and one-half with some other composition. They also show a nice lot of barnacles. The fleet of fifty electric launches in daily use on the Jagoons and other interior waters at Jackson park can not fail to be of special interest to the visitors. Hach boat in actual operation during the fair will cover an average of forty miles a day. 'Ihe normal speed, as allowed by the authorities, is six miles an hour; this, however, may be exceeded by two miles more in cases of emergency. 'The boats are nearly 36 feet in length, with a draft of 28 inches, and will seat about thirty passengers each. 'The motive power is furnished by the Con- solidated Electric Storage Company. Batteries and motors are placed beneath the seats and flooring, supplying power equal to the full carrying capacity of the boats. The Detroit Boat Works built a large number of the hulls. In addition to the pumping station headquarters where one DREDGE DIPPER . The Norddeutscher Lloyd SteamshipCompany shows models of the Meir, Carlsruhe, the Havel and the Spree. Orlando Bros., Leghorn, Italy, show models of war ships built for the Italian navy. The government dry dock at Sydney, N.S. W., is shown by a model. MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITS. In Pratt & Letchworth's (Buffalo, N. Y.) exhibit of steel castings in the transportation building are some propeller wheels and some steel shafting. The exhibit of the Penberthy Injector Company, machinery hall, 25-M-24, will interest marine men, as nearly 600 lake steamers are equipped with injectors made by this company. The Belfast Rope Works Company and the Russian navy show some fine rope, but not any finer than that manufactured by the United States government for the navy and exhibited on the warship Illinois. The chief attraction in the exhibit of the Bucyrus Steam Shovel & Dredge Co., South Milwaukee, Wis., is an immense dredge dipper, shown in an illustration, for which we are indebt- ed to the Railway Review, Chicago, Ill. Most any one would take the trouble to walk a half mile to see the original anchor of the Santa Maria, but as there is some BUCYRUS STEAM SHOVEL AND DREDGE CO., SO. MILWAUKEE, WIS, Worthington horizontal high duty engine, one horizontal triple expansion engine, two vertical engines with a combined capacity of 40,000,000 gallons a day, and two fire pumps, are all in opera- tion, this great pumping engine concern has an exhibit in machin- ery hall, and in connection with other exhibits there are twenty places on the fair grounds where Worthington pumps are em- ployed. This is a better endorsement than many exhibits. The exhibit of this company in machinery hall is made up of seven pumps in operation, supplying 24,000,000 gallons per day, and there are in addition thirty other pumps of various sizes. 'The water supply on the war ship is from a Worthington pump, and as an exhibit on the ship there is smallest sized pump for feed- ing a launch boiler. The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, Jersey City, N.J., have two exhibits at the fair, a display of pencils in the manufac- turers building and a graphite exhibit in the mining building. In the latter, graphite in every form and every style of product is shown. There are crucibles, retorts and incandescent lamp fila- ments. In one case is shown fifty different varieties of graphite for rubber packing, '"'pot leading" yachts, paints, lubricating and the many other purposes for which it is used. One piece of graphite weighing 300 pounds is shown. Comfortable chairs and a writing desk are provided for the convenience of users of graphite. Chief Skiff wrote the Dixon people a very compli- mentary letter on the appearance of their exhibit and the prompt- ness with which it was placed. a <n,